Glasses...Expensive or what!

[benny3008]

got told at the opticians today that I need glasses, £20 eye test then, £99 glasses (granted it was 2 for 1) :-) and £30 to have anti glare treatment on one of the pairs, which probably costs them about 10p! daylight robbery!

[ladyalex]

Why not go to Glasses Direct or another internet spec provider.
I've had lots of specs from Glasses Direct and am very pleased by their service.

[boxtops]

Benny, that's not expensive at all. I have to pay up to £600 for my lenses, varifocals with various treatments and coatings on the lenses.

[woofgang]

so you got one pair of glasses for 45 quid and the other pair for 75 quid?
Could you have chosen cheaper frames?

[Everhelpful]

Got mine at the £1 Shop,was told by the guy at Opticians,after my Free Eye Test,that was all I needed.

[ChuckFickens]

That's cheap!!

[factor-fiction]

As someone who wears glasses occasionally 9contacts normally) I had to pay well over £200 for my last pair of glasses around 15 years ago (compressed glass, anti glare, one for one) so yours sound rather inexpensive to me I'm afraid

[237SJ]

That`s quite cheap actually.

[benny3008]

yes, admittedley, i could have chosen cheaper frames, but I chose the ones I 1.liked and 2.I thought would last me a while. even with the cheaper frames, they are expensive for what they are, aren't they?

[daffy654]

That is very cheap.

[Maydup]

Do you work on a computer benny? IF so you can claim the £20 from your employer. Take the receipt in tomorrow.

[funnygirl]

I paid over £270 for one pair!!!
I went to specsavers and could have got a cheaper pair, but I did not like
any of them.

[benny3008]

yes, i do work on a computer, i might try to claim it back from employer although i dont want to p!ss him off. we get on really well. you'd think with them being such small things, they'd be fairly cheap, they cant cost much to make.

[boxtops]

..but the glasses are tailored to your requirements benny, if your eyes need them - it's not like buying a tie.

We can only claim back money for glasses for work if we've had a VDU assessment and it's been recommended, and then only if we use the specs principally for work - not if we need them anyway.

[stokemaveric]

should have gone to specsavers..........

[gness]

I usually have to pay at least £500 but you are right. We are being ripped off.

[benny3008]

I suppose it's another one of those things, like car insurance, you have to have it, so the price can be high.

[askyourgran]

I went to Specsavers I got two pairs for about £280. I thought I'd been ripped off. I had varifocals with anti glare coating for £30 extra, the frames were expensive, but supposedly buy one get one free. At one time I bought glasses from the supermarket for £5-£10 and I admitted it to the optician when I went for a proper eye test. The Optician said they were Ok to use, only when my eyesight deteriorated in one eye would I need corrective lens.

[Maydup]

Just ask you employer nicely. We get ours paid at work and we all get on with each other too. Maybe say you saw a notice up in the optician and wondered if you could get yours paid on petty cash?

http://www.workingrig...-eye-sight-tests.html

[benny3008]

thanks for the advice maidup, i will possibly have a word with him on Monday about it.

[Maydup]

PS Boxy - I suggested benny claim for the eye test, not the glasses.